"On this day" function -- improve UX

[jakobroehrl]

I really like this app, the timeline is awesome!
Maybe you want to implement this function, too:
nextcloud/photos#937
nextcloud/photos#1121

[pulsejet]

This isn't too hard, but is it actually even useful?
There could be better designs -- something like Google Photos maybe, that shows the "on this day" photos at the top of the timeline. Perhaps including the whole week or something.

[jakobroehrl]

Thanks for you reply.
I like this feature a lot, otherwise I would no watch my old photos.
From a design perspective you may have right, there a better ways to solve it.
This great app https://gitlab.com/nkming2/nc-photos showes the on this day photos on top of the timeline, too:

[pulsejet]

Now that's more like it

[pulsejet]

Partially implemented in v3. Please leave this issue open.

[pulsejet]

Done

[jakobroehrl]

This is super nice, thanks.
What do you think about a dashboard widget?
nextcloud/photos#1121

[pulsejet]

How would that be different/better than what Photos already has/will have?

[jakobroehrl]

It would not be better, I think. But it's not implemented in photos.

[pulsejet]

Let's wait before duplicating effort. Also having two widgets wouldn't be sensible once this gets merged.
Especially because memories has zero advantage over Photos in this matter.